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President Obama’s Weekly Video Address

April 19th, 2010 · No Comments

This week President Barack Obama discussed holding Wall Street accountable:

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Banking · Economy · Video

It’s Early Friday & Fairdale Bigfoot Is Up & At ‘Em

March 26th, 2010 · 5 Comments

This is very important and urgent news! [WLKY] Could the nation’s most eco-friendly school be located right here in Indiucky/Louisville Proper? [C-J] Check out this profile of Democratic mayoral candidate Lisa Moxley from Bennett Haeberle. [FOX41] David Tandy also got a fancy profile. He’s still unable to explain his JBS Swift flip-flop. (P.S. to Bennett: [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Banking · Democrats · Education · Fox 41 · Green · Greg Fischer · JCPS · Mayor's Race 2010 · Neighborhoods · WDRB · WLKY

The Entire Metro Government Audit Is Here

March 24th, 2010 · 24 Comments

And it is damning. All 212 pages of it. All 69 findings (what was that, Courier-Journal, about 30 findings? WFPL?). This could be the beginning of the end of Jerry Abramson’s political career. No amount of spinning can cause the audit train to jump its tracks at this point. The document we’re about to digest [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Banking · Construction · Cordish · Housing · Hype · Jerry Abramson · Legal · LMPD · Metro Government · Oops · Politics · Possibility City · Salaries · Scandal

President Obama’s Weekly Video Address

January 19th, 2010 · No Comments

This week President Barack Obama discussed getting our money back from Wall Street, something that will obviously not happen:

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Banking · Economy · Politics · Video

President Obama’s Weekly Video Address

December 14th, 2009 · No Comments

This week President Barack Obama discussed learning from history to reform Wall Street, something his administration has obviously failed to do:

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Banking · Economy · Politics · Video

JCPS Gets Something Majorly RIGHT!

December 14th, 2009 · 10 Comments

Wow. I love being able to write positive stories about Jefferson County Public Schools (or anything in education, really). And this is certainly a major win. JCPS just announced that Central High School Magnet Career Academy is unveiling an in-school, student-run bank. The grand opening will be held this Wednesday, 12/16, at 10:00 A.M. Fifth [...]

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Tags: Banking · Business · Education · High School · JCPS

Rush the Liquor Store Edition

March 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Final Four Bound: The Louisville women’s team made it to the Final Four with a win last night over #1 seed Maryland. Angel McCoughtry may be the most exciting player in town. [NY Times] Lexington Bound: The developing John Calipari to Kentucky story takes up 3/4 of the Herald-Leader’s front page.  It appears they’re just [...]

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Tags: Alcohol · Banking · Cordish · Courier-Journal · Jerry Abramson · Judges · Keep Louisville Weird · LEO · Religion · Sports · University of Kentucky · University of Louisville

Republic’s Refund Loans Getting National Attention

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments

While Kentucky politicians say they’re cracking down on payday lending practices (though the bill just passed in the legislature puts no real limits on interest rates), one independent Kentucky bank has moved from payday lending to tax refund anticipation loans and run into criticism on a national level. Republic Bank was one of just three [...]

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Tags: Banking · State Government · Steve Beshear

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